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Pte. George M. Begg
British Army 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Wick, Caithness, Scotland
(d.22nd August 1917)
On the day in question, according to "Passchendaele, the Day-by-Day Account" by Chris McCarthy, the 8th Battalion went into action on the left of 44 Brigade (15th Division) along with 7th Camerons. Both suffered heavily from machine-gun fire.
It appears they went into action from the Pommern Castle position, attacking towards Hill 35, which is the slight rise in the field to the left of the road from Zonnebeke to Langemark, between Dochy Farm Cemetery and "Bombarded Crossroad" - the crossroads where there is a turn right towards Gravenstafel and Varlet Farm.
Private George M. Begg is buried in the Dochy Farm New British Cemetery. He was born in 1895, the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Begg of Wick, Caithness, Scotland.